As MRS said, freeflarum provide managed hosting to a lot of forums for nothing…the Flarum software is nothing to do with them, it’s open source free forum software, doesn’t cost me a bean. The freeflarum guys have it all preinstalled, plus all the extensions….their service survives on volunteers and donations. They feel the corporations have too much control over the internet and people’s ability to communicate. I think Verticalscopes acquisition of coffee forums have proven that…they bought a database, they don’t care about the community.
https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/83-what-corporates-can-do-when-they-monetise-a-forums-data/9
So if people want to donate, then freeflarum.org can get the money and hopefully keep doing what they do for longer. We indirectly are helping 100s or 1000s of small non-profit forums….they have to be non-profit to meet the freeflarum T&Cs
So please don’t donate thinking this forum, it’s members or me get the money or any special treatment…we don’t, we just help support other communities. like ours.
